Latin · suffix
-arius
person concerned with
Words sharing this root
actuaryA professional who uses statistics to calculate insurance and financial risks.adversaryAn opponent or enemy in a conflict or contest.agrarianConcerned with agriculture and the ownership or use of farmland.alimentaryRelating to nourishment or the digestive system.apothecaryA person who prepared and sold medicines historically.arbitraryDetermined by personal will without binding rules.archerA person who shoots with a bow and arrows.binaryRepresenting information or choices through two possible states.bursarAn official who manages a school's or college's finances.calamariSquid prepared as food.carpenterA person who builds or repairs wooden structures.cavalierA mounted gentleman or soldier.cavaliershowing little concern for something importantCavaliera supporter of Charles I in the English Civil WarcentenaryMarking or spanning one hundred years.commentarySpoken or written analysis or explanation of a subject.commissaryAn official responsible for supplies.commissaryA place providing food and other supplies for an institution or organized group.contemporaryExisting within the same period of time.contraryIn opposition to something else.coronaryRelating to the arteries supplying the heart.corsairA pirate or privateer, especially from the Mediterranean.culinaryRelating to cooking or prepared food.customaryUsual or traditional according to established practice.customerA person dealing with a supplier of goods or services.cutlerA person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting utensils.diaryA dated record of experiences or planned activities.dictionaryA reference that associates listed words with their meanings.dietaryRelating to planned food intake.disciplinaryRelating to punishment or correction of misconduct.dispensaryA place where medicines or medical supplies are provided.dromedaryA camel with one hump.elementaryConcerned with the simplest, most basic stages of a subject.emissaryA representative sent on a mission.extraordinaryFar beyond what is normal or expected.farmerA person who runs a farm or works on one.farrierA specialist who fits horseshoes and cares for horses' hooves.fiduciaryA person legally entrusted to act in another's interests, or relating to that duty.funeraryRelating to burial or ceremonies for the dead.gregariousInclined to be with others rather than alone.hereditaryPassed from one generation of a family to the next.hostlerA worker who cares for horses at an inn or stable.incendiaryIntended to start destructive fires.itineraryA planned route or schedule for a journey.judiciaryA government's system of courts and judges that administer justice.legendaryBelonging to the realm of celebrated traditional stories.libraryAn organized collection of materials maintained for consultation or borrowing.literaryRelating to literature or characteristic of its writing stylemammaryRelating to the glands that produce milk.mannerThe characteristic way in which something is done.mannersThe customary patterns governing social behavior.marinerA person who works aboard a ship at sea.mercenaryActing chiefly for financial reward.momentaryLasting for only a very short time.monetaryRelating to money or currency.mortuaryRelating to the care or burial of the dead.necessaryNeeded or essential.notaryan official authorized to witness signatures and certify documentsobituaryA published notice of a person's death, usually with details of that person's life.officerA person holding an authorized position of responsibility in an organization.ordinaryThe normal or usual rather than the exceptional.ordinaryAn official whose authority comes from holding a particular office.pecuniaryRelating to money or financial matters.penitentiaryA prison for people convicted of serious crimes.pituitaryA gland at the base of the brain that controls many other hormone-producing glands, or relating to it.plenaryComplete in extent, scope, or authority.plenipotentiaryHaving or exercising full authority to act on behalf of a government.plumberA tradesperson who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing fixtures.primaryFirst or fundamental in a sequence or relationship.primaryAn election to choose a political party's candidate.proprietaryHeld under the exclusive control of an owner.pulmonaryRelating to the lungs.refractoryResistant to an influence intended to change it.rosaryA string of beads used to count Catholic devotional prayers.rotaryOperating by turning around an axis.rotaryAn international service-club organization or one of its local chapters.salivaryRelating to saliva or the glands that produce it.scenarioA projected sequence of events.secondaryFollowing or subordinate to a primary element.secretaryA senior government official who heads a department.secretaryA person who handles administrative work for a person or organization.sectarianRelating to a particular sect or faction, or a person devoted to it.sedentarySpending much time sitting or staying in one place with little physical activity.soldierA member of an army carrying out assigned duties.solitaireA gemstone set alone in a piece of jewelry.solitaireA game for one player who arranges cards or moves pieces according to rules.solitaryExisting alone apart from others.stationaryStaying in the same place or condition.statuaryStatues collectively as works of art or decoration.subsidiaryA company controlled by another company.subsidiaryHaving a secondary or supporting role.temporaryIntended to persist only for a limited period.terrierA dog of a typically small, energetic breed originally bred to hunt vermin.tertiaryHaving a carbon atom bonded to three other carbon atoms.tertiaryThird in an order or hierarchy.tributaryA stream flowing into a larger stream.tributaryA person or state required to pay tribute to a ruling power.urinaryRelating to urine or the organs that produce and remove it.usurerA lender who charges illegally or excessively high interest.volunteerA person who freely offers help, or offering help by choice.